Author: Mario Tolic


  • Graviton2 + Fargate Spot: A Dynamic Duo for Squeezing ECS Costs

    Let’s be real, who doesn’t love saving money? We want performance, sure, but we also need to keep those costs in check. If you’re running containerized apps on AWS ECS, you might have heard the buzz about Graviton2 processors and Fargate Spot. These two technologies offer a powerful combination for cost reduction. Hitting a Roadblock…

  • Case Study: Resolving Kubernetes Node Traffic Issues with AWS Load Balancer Annotations

    We recently ran into a tricky issue during a Kubernetes deployment. We had an AWS Network Load Balancer (NLB) set up to handle traffic for an LDAP service, but we kept seeing intermittent traffic drops. Direct connections to the LDAP server worked fine, but some queries sent through the NLB would time out, which was…

  • Case Study: Resolving Inconsistent Connectivity in a Site-to-Site VPN Configuration

    We recently helped one of our clients fix a frustrating issue with their site-to-site VPN connection. They had it set up with one of their partners, and while traffic to the IP address 192.168.100.21 always worked perfectly, Digging into the Logs We started by checking out the VPN logs and noticed the client was using…

  • Multi-Account DNS Management with AWS CLI: A Case Study

    In this post, we’ll explore a case study of how an organization streamlined their DNS management by using AWS CLI, focusing on the delegation of NS records. Background Acme Corp, a fictitious company, has a centralized AWS environment (the Shared Network Account) and several other AWS accounts for different development stages and teams (e.g., Development,…

  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Amazon ECS Exec

    Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) offers a powerful feature known as ECS Exec, revolutionizing how developers interact with containers within ECS clusters, bringing efficient management and debugging. Understanding Amazon ECS Exec Amazon ECS Exec simplifies container management by enabling direct access to containers in an ECS cluster without requiring SSH or other external access. It…